Electrically operated motor and controlling means therefor



Oct. 11, 1932. w. w. WILLIAMS 1,332,456

ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MOTOR AND CONTROLLING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Dec. 23, 1929 l j I} 5 a a l :5 E w "1") f I \\\\\\\\\\H\\ Uflll j 15 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII4. E'IEIE\'&

. INVENTOR WALTERMML/AMJ ATTORNFY We ea. 11, 1935 1,882,466

UNITED sTATEs- PATENT OFFICE WALTER W. WILLIAMS, IBIDOMIRG'ION, ILLINOIS ELEGTRIOALLY OI'EBATED MOTOR AND CONTROLLING MEANS THEREFOR Application filed December 88, 1929. Serial 110. 415,880.

This invention relates to improvements in electrically operated refrigerating device inelectrically operated refrigeration devices cluding the com ressor and compressor moand more particularly to an automatic contor enclosed in the casing for receiving the trol for a split phase motor for operating the gaseous refrigerant from the evaporator,

mechanism thereof. illustrating the position of this improved con- One type of an electrically operated retrol while the motor is at rest. frigeration device employs a gaseous refriger- F 1 re 2 is a similar view, illustrating the ant which is reducedto liqui form by acomposltlon of the improved control while the pressor and condenser, in this form conducted motor is running.

to an evaporator in the cooling compartment Flgure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the ice-box or cabinet where it is allowed partly 1n section'of Figure 1. to return to a gas and in the gaseous form Flgure 4 1s a schematic wiring diagram of returns to the compressor. In this type of the startlng clrcuit for the motor. refrigerating device it may be desirable to Smce thls Invention relates only to the 15 return the gaseous refrigerant from the operating mechanism for receiving the gaseevaporator to a closed chamber containing ous refrigerant and compressin the same, both the compressor and the electric motor ins mechanlsm only is illustrat as any defor operating it, as described in my prior col ype f condenser and evaporator may pending application, Serial No. 406,234, filed be mp yedtherewlth. The electric mot 39 November 11, 1929. 1 for operat ng the compressor is mounted In a device of this character it may be de- Withln & e mg 2 S 11 ported upon the comsirable to employ a split phase motor which I' 9 mg 3 Whlc is supported within :1

requires the breakin of the starting circuit 88% 08 mg 4: W h1ch 1s hermetically sealed after the motor circuit has been closed by the a d mo 5 whlch in turn encloses the motor thermostat. In split phase motors it is cus- 08-5111 a d IS in spaced apart relation thereto. tomary to employ an open contact for this The ase cas1ng 4 and dome 5 are mounted purpose and the resultant spark from such a P a lo support 6.

' make and break device upon a split phase The lower end 0 the drlvmg shaft of the motor enclosed in an atmosphere of a gasemo or is operatlvely connected to the com- 30 ous refrigerant would cause a chemical repressor mechanism within the casing 3 and action or a breaking down of the gas. It is the upper portion of the motor shaft 7 is exan'object of this invention to provide a split en ed thr ugh a bearing 8 on the top of the phase motor with a control device for this m0tor cas1ng 2. This portion of th motor purpose which will not aflect the gaseous reh f 18 holl W, as shown, and mounts a re- :35 frigerant and which will automatically break p o p g 9 hevlng circumferenthe starting circuit a predetermined time tlal groove 10 adjacent its lower end. A pluafter the motor circuit has been closed and rality of vertical slots are formed in motor likewise, a predetermined time after the moshaft above which are pivotally mounted a tor circuit has been broken, close the starting corresponding number of angular weighted 4o circuit preparatory to operating the motor arms 11 each having an extenslon adapted to again. enter the corresponding slot and engage With this and other objects in View, referwithin the circumferential groove 10 upon ence is made to the accompanying drawing the plunger 9. The length of the plunger 9 which illustrates apreferred form of this in is such that when the motor is at rest the 45 vention with the understanding that minor upper end will project beyond the bearing 8 detail changes may be made without depar on the motor casing with exterior ends of ing from the scope thereof. the angular weighted arms 11 adjacent the In the drawing; motor shaft, as shown in Figure 1, and, when Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation the motor is operating the weighted portions 50 and partly in section of that element of an of the arms 11 will be carried away from the motor shaft by centrifugal force depressing the ends in enga ement with the plunger 9 and retract it within the bearing 8, as shown in Figure 2.

A mercury tube switch 12, in which contact is made and broken between terminals entering one end of a sealed container by the movement of a contained body of mercury, is carried on a support 13 plvotally mounted at one end to the outer surface of the motor casing surrounding the bearing 8 and extending in the path of the reciprocating plunger 9 so that when the plunger is extended the switch 12 will be rotated to the position shown in Figure 1 causing the mercury to How into the end containing the terminals and close the circuit therethrough, and when the plunger 9 is retracted the switch will be rotated to the position shown in Figure 2 causing the mercur to flow to the end opposite'the terminals an break the circuit therethrough. It is preferable to provide the free end of the pivoted switch support 13 with an extension adapted to engage a catch 14 upon the motor casing 2 to limit the upward rotation thereof.

The leads 15 and 16 from the source of electrical power enter through the base casing 4 and motor casing 2 to the respective windings of the motor 1, as shown in Figure 1. The mercury tube switch 12 is connected in series in the lead 15 by leads 17 with the starting winding 1" of the motor. When the the motor is at rest, the mercury tube switch 12 is closed, as shown in Figure 1. When the thermostat closes the motor circuit the starting winding is energized to initiate operation of the motor and as the rate of rotation of the motor shaft increases the weighted arms 11 will retract the plunger 9 so that at normal rate of rotation the mercury tube switch 12 is opened, as shown in Figure 2, and the starting circuit is broken, likewise, when the motor circuit is broken by the thermostat the operation of the motor will cease and the plunger 9 will be extended as the weighted arms 11 assume their normal position as the motor stops, assisted by a spring interposed between the lower end of the plunger and solid portion of the motor shaft, if desired so that the starting circuit will be closed through the mercu tube switch 12 preparatory for starting t e motor when the thermostat again closes the motor circuit.

It is seen that by this construction and arrangement thestarting circuit of a split phase motor is automatically broken and closed within an atmosphere of gaseous refrigerant without exposing the gas to the effects of an electric spark.

What I claim is:

In an electrically 0 rated motor and cor.- trolling means there or including a casing about said motor, a bearing for the free end of the motor shaft thereon, a tiltable mercury, tube switch connected in series with the startin circuit of the motor-mounted adjacent the rec end of the motor shaft, means mounted on the motor shaft to tilt the switch to close the starting switch when the motor is idle, said means actuated by the rotation of said shaft when the motor is operating to open said switch and maintain it open during the operation of the motor, said means including a. reciprocating plunger mounted within the free end of the motor shaft normally engaging and tilting the mercury tube switch to closed position, and ivotally mounted arms upon the motor shaft having ends passmg through slots rovided therefor in the walls of the shaft tohe in engagement w th said plunger and adapted upon the application of centrifugal force when the motor shaft is rotating to withdraw the plunger and allow the mercury tube switch to tilt to b eak the starting circuit.

WALTER W. WILLIAMS. 

